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Optimism A Real Remedy

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First published: 1908
Pages: 97

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Horace Fletcher, a Victorian-era American health food advocate, wrote a book titled "Optimism: A Real Remedy." His most well-known contribution is his advocacy of complete mastication, or "Fletcherizing." Optimism and its possible effects on health and well-being are examined in the book. Fletcher's theories focused on the value of a healthy diet and attentive eating, stressing the advantages of thoroughly digesting food.

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Horace Fletcher

Horace Fletcher promoted an American diet-reform system built around prolonged chewing and became a widely known lecturer despite lacking formal nutrition training. His claims attracted wide attention in the early twentieth century, although later medical historians classify them as food faddism rather than established nutrition science. A. C.

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